Gas Prices: National Average Tops $5 a Gallon for First Time
The nationwide average price for a gallon of gasoline has topped $5 for the first time ever.
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Police Officer Related to Former SEC Football Coach Sylvester Croom Shot, Killed in Mississippi
Meridian, Mississippi, police officer Kennis Croom was shot and killed while answering a domestic violence call. He was a member of the Croom family of Tuscaloosa, which is well known in football.
U.S. Inflation Hits New 40-Year High as Price Increases Spread
The prices of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, raising inflation to a new four-decade high and giving American households no respite from rising costs.
U.S. Capitol Riot Panel Blames Trump for January 6 “Attempted Coup”
The U.S. House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump.
U.S. House Approves Gun Control Bill, Given Little Chance of Passing Senate
The U.S. House has passed a wide-ranging gun control bill in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
Trump to Undergo Questioning in July in NY Civil Probe
Former President Donald Trump, his namesake son and his daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer questions under oath next month.
New York Poised to Raise Age for Semi-automatic Rifles
New York’s legislature is poised to ban people under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle.
4 Killed in Shooting at Tulsa Hospital; Shooter Dead
Police officials say four people have been killed in a shooting at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus.
Southern Baptist Convention Releases List of Accused Abusers
Top Southern Baptists have released a previously secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse.
UPDATE: Texas school shooting kills 18 children, 3 adults
Three people wounded in the attack are hospitalized in serious condition.
